2022 World Series of Poker

Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$330,609
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,375,410
Entries
2,669
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
2,669
Players Left
727

2022 WSOP Featured Females: Meet Wendeen Eolis, 1st Woman to Ever Cash Main Event

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Wendeen Eolis
Wendeen Eolis

In the mid 1980’s, women were considered no factor in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and other than the famous rounder and professional gambler Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston, poker players rarely made headlines in the mainstream press. That all changed when Wendeen Eolis became the first woman to cash at poker’s “Big Dance.”

In the 1986 WSOP Main Event, Eolis battled some of the best players in the world, including Amarillo Slim, in a field of 141 runners. She was on her way to a 25th-place finish for a $10,000, return on her buy-in, and permanent bragging rights as the first woman in history to cash in the WSOP Main Event.

Eolis attributes her 1986 WSOP performance to a year of poker tutoring from one of the best, a “relatively” conservative game plan, and cooperative cards. She told PokerNews, “Even today, women can win more by bluffing less than men.”

Click here to read the full feature on PokerNews!

McClelland Sitting on a Big Stack, Phillips Rebuys

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Jack McClelland
Jack McClelland

Poker Hall of Famer Jack McClelland is in attendance today.

He was a WSOP tournament director in the '80s and a one-time semi-professional bowler.

McClelland also spent much of the early 2000s running the Bellagio poker room and helped usher in the World Poker Tour.

He retired in 2013 and was inducted into the Poker HOF in 2014. McClelland has $385,121 in recorded earnings.

Meanwhile, Dennis Phillips used his reentry and has nearly doubled it since then.

Player Chips Progress
Jack McClelland us
Jack McClelland
Poker Hall of Famer
100,000 100,000
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
35,000 35,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Break

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Players are now headed on another 20-minute break.

The field has swelled to 2,591 players.

Dinner will take place after two more levels of play at approximately 7:30 p.m. and late registration will be available until the end of dinner.

Klein Claims Another Victim

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Bill Klein
Bill Klein

There was 8,000 in the pot on the {10-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} flop.

The button shoved for 4,200, the big blind called, and Bill Klein came over the top for 80,000 effective. The big blind folded and the button was at risk.

Button: {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Bill Klein: {k-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Klein was already there with his flopped king-high straight, the turn {10-Hearts} brought some flush outs for the button, but the {5-Clubs} bricked off on the river and Klein padded his stack some more.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Klein us
Bill Klein
117,000 31,000

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The Shark Lets His Lunch Swim Away

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

The board was reading {k-Spades}{4-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades} and a player shoved for 4,700.

Humberto Brenes made the call with the bigger stack.

Short Stack: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Humberto Brenes: {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

Brenes was well behind with the smaller flush draw and would need a non-club five to make a straight. The river {j-Spades} was no help and the short stack doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
WSOP 2X Winner
31,000 -4,000

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Woods Rips It In

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

With the flop showing {6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, James Woods pushed forward his remaining 14,100 but found no takers as he dragged the pot.

Woods showed the table {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for top pair and open-ended straight draw. He's sitting just over his starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
James Woods us
James Woods
25,000 5,000

Bond Doesn't Pull the Trigger

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Jeff Bond put in 1,800 as the action went four-ways to the {k-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop. The action checked to the button, who shoved for 16,600.

Bond thought it over, eyeing the chip stacks of the players left to act.

He eventually let it go but is still sitting at more than three times his starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Bond us
Jeff Bond
72,000 2,000

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Woods Ready For Some Action

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
James Woods
James Woods

Actor and poker enthusiast James Woods is in the field.

Woods has more than $370,000 in recorded earnings.

He cashed six different mixed game events at the 2021 WSOP, including an eighth-place finish in the $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-handed for $12,702.

Player Chips Progress
James Woods us
James Woods
20,000 20,000

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